Hi Guys , In fact I confirm , the Brussels keyboards are not standard sometimes and are the source of first panic attack :-) during the tshooting section where you must be fast from the begining. I can't imagine how Cisco is able to propose that to candidates paying 1400 USD for the exam. Good luck during your studies , you were close so you must be on the right way to pass if realy feel confident on all technologies understanding and tshooting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Re: Failed First Attempt / Advice Needed (Michael Miller) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:45:33 -0400 From: "Di Bias, Steve" <[email protected]> To: marc abel <[email protected]>, Michael Miller <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Failed First Attempt / Advice Needed Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I agree with Marc, ramp up on your tshoot skills and redchedule soon! You'll nail it next time. marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: I'm yet to make my first attempt so take this with a grain of salt, but I would say schedule it as soon as possible. As you know it takes a very high level of intensity to be ready for the lab and this intensity is hard to maintain over the long term. You know you were close, just take the month and make your final preparations. Next time will be your time. -Marc On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Michael Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, > > I took the lab yesterday in Brussels. I passed the configuration section, > but failed the TS by one ticket as far as I can tell. When I walked out of > the exam, I felt that I had surely passed the configuration, but I felt that > I had only solved eight tickets in TS. > > In my score report I noticed that I have the option for a rescore, but > seeing that it was the TS section that I failed, Is it even worth it? > > I felt that a few factors contributed to me struggling with the tickets: > > 1) The keyboard was quite different from the standard US layout. Many > crucial keys including the pipe and double quote were either in different > locations, or not even labeled. The proctor was able to help me through > this, but I must have hit the \ key instead of enter fifty times in that > section alone. > > 2) Stress / Nerves - It was my first attempt at any CCIE lab. My thought > processes were in panic mode for probably the first ten minutes of the test. > It wasn't until the afternoon that I really felt comfortable in the lab. The > fact that I seemingly couldn't type some of the most basic commands (show > run | i ...) due to the strange location of the pipe only compounded this. > The problem wasn't that I couldn't find the key, but that I kept > instinctively reaching to the wrong position. > > With all of that in mind, I'm wondering if I should schedule my next attempt > right away, or if I should wait and study? > > My feeling is that I should probably brush up on my troubleshooting methods > based on what I saw in the exam, but I feel like I should be able to do that > within the month that I have to wait. > > A few final notes: The DOC-CD was incredibly fast in my lab. I didn't > attempt to open any PDFs, but I felt that surfing it was just like when I > was home. I didn't refer to it once, but at the start of the configuration > section I opened up a few pages for later reference. I would suggest > that candidates learn the hot-keys to open links in new tabs and windows in > IE. The task bar can get cluttered, so being able to open a tab saved me > space. > > I can't recall the proctors name at the moment, but I would say he was > incredibly nice. I asked him several questions during the config section, > and he did his best to answer them when possible. I would say that the > advice to explain the technology help me, because I found he was much more > willing to discuss the task when he felt I was only attempting to clarify > the wording. In fact, he had to check the answer key for one section, > because there was a task that was clearly contradictory. > > In any case, any feedback would be appreciated! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit >www.ipexpert.com > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com UHS Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this information is prohibited. If this was sent to you in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:58:10 +0200 From: Michael Miller <[email protected]> To: Nicolas MICHEL <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Failed First Attempt / Advice Needed Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks to everyone for the advice, I'll report back on what I find out with regards to taking items into the lab... As for the keyboard layout, I took the exam in Brussels, and it was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_United_Kingdom.svg Unfortunately, in an effort to "Americanize" the layout, someone had reconfigured the keymap so that the @ was above the 2 and the " was above the '. My keyboard had a sticker for @ on the 2 key, but the one for the " was either never put on, or it had fallen off. I had to ask the proctor how to type it. Mike On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Nicolas MICHEL <[email protected]>wrote: > This is an example of the layout we will face in the lab right ? > > > http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/images/uskeyb.gif > > > > Thanks guys > > > > Yeah I d definitely schedule again. Glad to hear that the proctor are nice > in Brussels. Going for my lab in June > > > 2011/4/6 Tyson Scott <[email protected]> > >> Also go right away. I remember when I did mine I scheduled 30 days later >> which was as soon as I could go and I was glad I did. Now if you failed >> by >> a large margin I wouldn't give the same advice, but if you felt >> comfortable >> then go right away. If you were struggling then spend some more time >> studying. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tyson Scott - CCIE #13513 R&S, Security, and SP >> Managing Partner / Sr. Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. >> Mailto: [email protected] >> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444, ext. 208 >> Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat >> eFax: +1.810.454.0130 >> >> IPexpert is a premier provider of Self-Study Workbooks, Video on Demand, >> Audio Tools, Online Hardware Rental and Classroom Training for the Cisco >> CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) certification(s) with >> training locations throughout the United States, Europe, South Asia and >> Australia. Be sure to visit our online communities at >> www.ipexpert.com/communitiesand our public website at www.ipexpert.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Miller >> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 5:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Failed First Attempt / Advice Needed >> >> Guys, >> >> I took the lab yesterday in Brussels. I passed the configuration section, >> but failed the TS by one ticket as far as I can tell. When I walked out of >> the exam, I felt that I had surely passed the configuration, but I felt >> that >> I had only solved eight tickets in TS. >> >> In my score report I noticed that I have the option for a rescore, but >> seeing that it was the TS section that I failed, Is it even worth it? >> >> I felt that a few factors contributed to me struggling with the tickets: >> >> 1) The keyboard was quite different from the standard US layout. Many >> crucial keys including the pipe and double quote were either in different >> locations, or not even labeled. The proctor was able to help me through >> this, but I must have hit the \ key instead of enter fifty times in that >> section alone. >> >> 2) Stress / Nerves - It was my first attempt at any CCIE lab. My thought >> processes were in panic mode for probably the first ten minutes of the >> test. >> It wasn't until the afternoon that I really felt comfortable in the lab. >> The >> fact that I seemingly couldn't type some of the most basic commands (show >> run | i ...) due to the strange location of the pipe only compounded this. >> The problem wasn't that I couldn't find the key, but that I kept >> instinctively reaching to the wrong position. >> >> With all of that in mind, I'm wondering if I should schedule my next >> attempt >> right away, or if I should wait and study? >> >> My feeling is that I should probably brush up on my troubleshooting >> methods >> based on what I saw in the exam, but I feel like I should be able to do >> that >> within the month that I have to wait. >> >> A few final notes: The DOC-CD was incredibly fast in my lab. I didn't >> attempt to open any PDFs, but I felt that surfing it was just like when I >> was home. I didn't refer to it once, but at the start of the configuration >> section I opened up a few pages for later reference. I would suggest >> that candidates learn the hot-keys to open links in new tabs and windows >> in >> IE. The task bar can get cluttered, so being able to open a tab saved me >> space. >> >> I can't recall the proctors name at the moment, but I would say he was >> incredibly nice. I asked him several questions during the config section, >> and he did his best to answer them when possible. I would say that the >> advice to explain the technology help me, because I found he was much more >> willing to discuss the task when he felt I was only attempting to clarify >> the wording. In fact, he had to check the answer key for one section, >> because there was a task that was clearly contradictory. >> >> In any case, any feedback would be appreciated! >> >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> > > > > -- > Nicolas MICHEL > Ingenieur R?seaux et Securit? (CCNA/CCNP) > > > > > End of CCIE_RS Digest, Vol 63, Issue 17 *************************************** _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
